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Description: | Polished flint blade and notched borer which is sub-rectangular in plan and lozenge-shaped in section and almost flat in profile. The distal end has been bifacially retouched to form an awl and a graver edge, and the right edge of the dorsal face and left edge of the ventral face have been polished into a smooth edge, forming a blade. The opposite edge has also had marginal retouch to create an edge at right angles to the graver edge.The flint is mainly a mottled light gray in colour, probably made from a local beach pebble, and the length to breadth ratio is almost 2:1.Bond (2004) illustrates an example of a borer on page 146, Figure 5.132, No.46, which is dated to the Beaker period; and an awl on page 152, Figure 5.136, No.F157, which is dated to the Early Bronze Age.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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